2G-- the two Genius

The two genius here, i m talking about are the A. Raja, soon by gone telecom minister and the then secretary of telecom Shri D.S. Mathur. Raja is badly stuck in the quagmire of 2G spectrum allotment scandal but still manage to hold the post, thanks largely to compulsive coalition politics. he is the most prominent Dalit face of DMK got represented at the center, so losing him may cast the greater lost of support, at least this is what is believed at the core of DMK stubborn stand.
media reports suggest that loss to exchequer is around Rs. 1,76,000 Cr. nothing can be said whether these estimates are under or overestimation, Raja defends himself by saying that he has followed the rule laid by department, followed the conventional practices laid down by the previous governments and ready for any probe.
In the mean time D.S Mathur blew the whistle by saying that Raja is real culprit as he not only refused the suggestion offered by the secretary but also put pressure on him to prepond the closure date of bidding, now the timing of mr. Mathur to blow it after almost 3 years (as he retired on dec 31,2007) can suggest only two things, first he was waiting for his time until now or may be he was aware that he alone can not do the whole thing or may be he was under huge pressure not to blew it off, in the past,second he may be politically motivated(which is highly improbable).
In the whole drama that is unfolding with each passing hour, few thing are unambiguous; like there has been systematic silence, in spite of the fact that most of the fundamental norms were either ignored or violated, even after exposure there is a tremendous attempt going on to cover it up, coalition politics make it difficult to punish the guilt, opportunistic coalition may not breeds corruption but definitely, more vulnerable to corruption, why open bidding based on transparency and competitiveness need to be deployed for scarce natural resources, why there should be stark separation in ministry, regulator and executive head of the departments.  

U.S. election and the future of Obama

As a matter of convention election for house of representative takes place on every two year on first Tuesday after November 1, so this year all the seats of house of representative 435 are going for poll today, as of now democrats have 255 members in house of representative that is more like our lok sabha and 59 out of 100 in senate more like rajya sabha of ours.37 seats of senate is going for poll, until now democrats had majority in both the houses leading to practical shaping of Obama's policies, in a way the best case scenario for Obama administration to pass the bill without much resistance. but alas, henceforth by all the prediction this golden period is almost over. this prediction is based on two grounds, first it has been a matter of fact barring certain exceptions that in last few year generally, incumbent government has lost mid term elections mainly because president is not contesting so incumbent party members feel less enthusiastic and two year is enough time to judge the performance of govt.

secondly, in a recent survey  by the economists it was found that more people of america disapprove the policy responses of major crisis ranging from Afghanistan, health care to financial crisis by Obama administration  than those who approve.
the high promises that were made by president Obama at the time of presidential election were less than met and if he sites the political reason behind not taking those tough decisions than political atmosphere is going to be even more tougher if he looses the majority in house of representative.
if people judge leaders on the basis of their deliverables than future of Obama in next presidential election seems to be very bleak.
I may give a fitting quote here that goes like' apart from difference in skill and everything else, the real difference between great leader and mediocre one that the follower have very high expectation from great one and very low from the mediocre one, so if both perform average than mediocre will be held high while great one will be ridiculed'. now the irony is that people think Obama is a great leader.